Tête d'une jeune femme (type petite femme Herculanum). Inconnu 25 B.C.–A.D. 25 la tête représente une jeune femme avec des traits uniformes et entièrement symétriques. Son visage a la forme d'un ovale avec un front lisse sous une ligne de cheveux semi-circulaire et se termine par un menton petit mais parfaitement arrondi. Sous des sourcils légèrement arqués, ses yeux en forme d'amande, bien qu'il manque toute indication d'iris ou de pupilles, semblent légèrement rabaissés ; son nez — de ce qui en reste — aurait été mince ; et la petite bouche est doucement encastrée entre la chair gonflante de ses joues. Les lèvres sensibles sont légèrement écartées a
8086 x 9334 px | 68,5 x 79 cm | 27 x 31,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
24 février 2022
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Head of a Young Woman (Small Herculaneum Woman type). Unknown 25 B.C.–A.D. 25 The head depicts a young woman with even and entirely symmetrical features. Her face is in the shape of an oval with a smooth forehead below a semicircular hairline and terminates in a small but perfectly rounded chin. Under gently arched brows her almond-shaped eyes, though missing any indication of irises or pupils, appear slightly downcast; her nose—from what is left of it—would have been slim; and the small mouth is softly embedded between the swelling flesh of her cheeks. The sensitive lips are slightly parted as if breathing or speaking. The idealized yet organic build of the face is crowned by a distinct hairstyle commonly referred to as a melon coiffure: the hair is divided into ten evenly spaced rows (“lobes”) running parallel from front to back. There they meet five additional rows starting from behind the ears and converge in a circular chignon whose center the sculptor left ill-defined. Each row is made up of diagonal strands of wavy hair; two lose S-shaped curls are decoratively pulled out before each ear; and above the forehead, the central part is accentuated by a pair of mirroring ring curls. The head belongs to a type in Greco-Roman sculpture known as the Small Herculaneum Woman, which is named after two draped statues in the Dresden State Art Museums (inv. [Hm 327][1] and [Hm 328][2]), that were discovered about 1711 at Herculaneum and were among the very first discoveries from the ancient city. This statue type of a draped woman is ubiquitous in Roman sculpture and was employed in the vast majority of cases to be equipped with individual contemporary portrait heads. Only three statues are known that preserve the draped body together with the Greek-style head featuring the melon coiffure. The image likely originated in Greek sculpture of the late 300s B.C.E. and may have represented a priestess, poet, civic benefactor—in her own right or as a family member of
